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Page xii
... Discourses on the Heroic Poem speaks of the earlier work as in four books ( see p . 5 ) . Perhaps his memory failed him , perhaps in some draft the Discourses on the Poetic Art did contain four books . 1 Cf. Angelo Solerti , La Vita di ...
... Discourses on the Heroic Poem speaks of the earlier work as in four books ( see p . 5 ) . Perhaps his memory failed him , perhaps in some draft the Discourses on the Poetic Art did contain four books . 1 Cf. Angelo Solerti , La Vita di ...
Page xviii
... Discourses on the Poetic Art or ahead to the Discourses on the Heroic Poem , we cannot fault Tasso for discrepancies between his theory and practice . But the poem was scarcely finished when Tasso undertook its revision . He sought the ...
... Discourses on the Poetic Art or ahead to the Discourses on the Heroic Poem , we cannot fault Tasso for discrepancies between his theory and practice . But the poem was scarcely finished when Tasso undertook its revision . He sought the ...
Page xxxiii
... Discourses on love as a theme fit for heroic poetry unquestionably derives from the large role love adventures play in Tasso's Gerusalemme even after its wholesale revision . The extraordinary passage in Book VI on the mystical virtues ...
... Discourses on love as a theme fit for heroic poetry unquestionably derives from the large role love adventures play in Tasso's Gerusalemme even after its wholesale revision . The extraordinary passage in Book VI on the mystical virtues ...
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